Jimmy stared at him with his arms crossed, raising eyebrows whenever Johnny strike a bassist pose, with his legs parted and his head nodded to his own invisible bass sounds. He chuckled and tousled the kid’s hair into a mess.

“You’re one lucky shit you know that?’

“Stop. Messing. With. My. Hair!!” Johnny slapped away Jimmy’s hand and combed his hair back, using his fingers. His bass guitar strapped loyally on his shoulders, and he looked like he can drown himself behind the gigantic instrument.

“Do your parents know you’re following us?”

“Do yours?”

Jimmy ran his eyes and spun the drumsticks in his hands. “I told them I’m going camping.”

“No shit, and they bought it?”

“They bought everything I said. I’m their only son!”

Johnny sneered at him and soon Matt came over to them, giving their set of earpiece as their turn will be next.

“You guys ready?” Matt grinned, looking satisfied with the make ups they put on their faces – white powder with really dark eyeliners. Except for Zacky. He’d rather put on the red ones on his eyes.

“This is it, Matt.” Jimmy swung his arm over him as they formed a circle behind the stage.

“Yeah. This is it guys. Remember, we start with We Come Out At Night, then Lips of Deceit and we end with Shattered. Three songs but we gotta do it right. Don’t mess this up.”

They nodded and hugged in group, but then suddenly Brian slapped their asses, making them flinched.

“Why would you do that..?” Zacky blushed without realizing.

“I just…thought you know…you’re feeling pumped?”

“HELL YEAH I AM!” Jimmy yelled and Zacky didn’t have the chance to respond to Brian as their name was announced from the stage.

---

The crowd swirled around in a raging moshpit, to the hoarse screaming voice of Matt on stage. He introduced themselves as Avenged Sevenfold in the beginning and the crowd seemed to already know their guitarist and drummer from somewhere.

And Ryder couldn’t be more proud, watching them being so powerful on stage while she stood in the middle of the hectic sea of humans, being pushed constantly by strangers. She watched all in smiles whenever Matt garbled inaudible screams, feeling that he had turned into something else when he’s on stage. He was no longer the gentle and romantic Matt, he was a beast.

His tattoos complimented his stage appearance greatly, as his dark eyeliner and white powdered makeup disguised him into a demonic Matt that she would totally bang senselessly.

“Damn it. He’s so fucking sexy on stage.”

She bit her lip, recalling the ‘personal invitation’ from Matt himself, and she gripped tight the ALL ACCESS pass in her pocket. She was wearing a new set of lingerie underneath these baggy clothes and she wanted Matt to be the first to see them.

Hell, after all that mess in the library, she wanted to do everything with him. She felt like living on a cloud nine, reassuring her feelings for a boy younger than her.

Where does this leave us? Are we in a relationship now? How do these stuff happen anyway? Do you become boyfriend and girlfriend after having sex together more than once?

She assumed, maybe they do. Maybe that’s how this relationship thingy works. Sex determines everything. After all, it was Matt who came to her the second time. He can’t get enough of her. So, surely he wanted to be more than just losing-virginity buddy, right?

Matt ended the last song with a scream and the crowd applauded in utter amazement. Yeah, he can really scream, that guy. Then Matt went for a stage dive and the crowd caught him, bringing him forward until he reached to the point where Ryder stood.

She was panicking, overwhelmed with excitement; her heart pounded hard in her chest at the sight of horizontal Matt on top of human hands. She moved forward, pushing herself through to reach for his body. She wanted to tell him that she was there, she was here, all along!

“Matt! Matt!”

The crowd became their fans in an instant, so they yelled the band’s name so loudly that they drowned her voice. Matt’s body floated away from her and was brought back to the stage, where he stood back up and shouted a gratitude for the newly-formed fanbase they had.

“Thank you Ventura! We appreciate your support! We are Avenged Sevenfold from Orange County, California and we hope to see you again soon!”

Ryder was left standing in the pit, crushed by people around her as she watched Matt and the boys vacated the stage finally. She gripped the tag in her pocket tighter; a smile crept on her lips.

---

“You guys saw what I did? You saw it right? Jimmy, tell me you saw it!”

Jimmy rolled his eyes and downed himself a bottle of water. “Yeah, Seward. We all saw you grabbed your fucking crotch in front of those girls. Those poor girls…they’re gonna have a nightmare tonight.”

“Hah! You’re just jealous because their hands reached out for me! They called me! Not Matt, no offense big guy. Not Brian and certainly not you! Boo yah!”

Jimmy exchanged looks with Brian as Johnny walked ahead pompously; heading towards the bands/artists booth backstage.

“What did I tell you, bringing a 14 year old kid to a rock concert is not a good idea.”

“We didn’t have any choice, Jim. Buck got arrested for fuck’s sake. And the leprechaun just begged me to go for him instead. What do you want me to do?”

Matt came in between them and swung his arms over their shoulders. His huge tatted arms were sweaty but both Jimmy and Brian didn’t mind.

“Come on guys. The kid nailed it. I’d say we make him our permanent bassist.”

“Yeah, he’s good but..he’s 14! And plus, he’s conceited as fuck. Just…just look at him.”

The three of them watched as Johnny flirted with one of the female merch crews; which they seemed like the earth and the sky. The girl was way taller than him that he had to glance up talking to her.

“Well, if he wants to stay with us, we gotta make him take the test.” Jimmy said, crossing his arms on his chest.

“What test?” Matt asked, but Jimmy didn’t answer. Instead he just drew a smirk and continued to walk ahead until they reached the booth together. Then suddenly Matt halted from his steps and widened his eyes at the sight of a very familiar girl that he’s trying to forget.

“What is she doing here?” he mumbled to himself when he saw the blonde girl smiled at his direction. He took a step forward to greet her, and probably ask how did she know about Warped but then he stopped again. Like a lightning struck, he witnessed as Brian grabbed her waist and kissed her passionately and she, returned the kiss by wrapping her arms around him.

Of course! Why didn’t I think of that? Of course Brian would ask her to come!

Once again, Matt felt rage. He had enough of this confusing drama. She acted like she didn’t know him at all while at school she was always giving him the stink eye. He watched them tangled in an embrace with furious gaze and decided to flee from the scene. As he turned around, he jumped back, literally.

“Going somewhere, Matt?”

He froze there, in front of her. His mind baffled and even more confused now. He twirled his body around so quickly and saw Brian was still wrapping his arm around the blonde girl while talking to Zacky. He faced front again.

“What’s wrong? You’ve seen a ghost or something?” she cocked an eyebrow, a smirk drawn beautifully across her lips that Matt couldn’t stop staring at them.

“Wha..how…you…you’re twins??”

Valary chuckled and glanced at Michelle for a moment. “Yeah. That’s my sister, Michelle. How’s the resemblance?”

“Uncanny.” He replied as his eyes still glued on her. He felt that fluttery feeling again, his guilty conscience and rage towards Brian, gone. Even so when Valary slowly stepped forward, tiptoed a little bit and touched his plump lips with her own, without giving a chance for him to shut his eyes.

When she pulled away, he smiled. “What’s that for?”

“That’s for kissing me without permission.”

His smile grew wider. But then Valary pulled his neck roughly, bringing his face closer and said; “And this,” she crashed her lips on his again, hungrier this time. She opened her mouth to his invitation and Matt circled his arms around her tiny waist, really enjoying himself this time.

She pulled away again. “..is for being sexy.”

He chuckled, showing his dimple for her to stare at. “You think I’m sexy? Since when?”

She bit her lip. “Since you beat Emmet’s ass in practice. Since I saw you on that stage today. And…since you kissed me out of the blue.”

“I knew that kiss could affect you some way, somehow.”

“Wow, didn’t know you’re a cocky little bastard.”

“I’ll be anything you want me to be, Valary.”

Matt tightened the embrace and buried his lips on hers once more, reluctant to let go as he finally got what he wanted.

His dream girl.

---

She flashed her ALL ACCESS pass to the security that guarded the barrier between the open backstage and the crowd pit and he immediately let her in. She bit her lip and chuckled softly, thinking of what she would do to Matt backstage. She was turned on.

Slowly but in a hurry she pulled down the zipper to her hoodie for a little bit, letting the cleavage of her breasts took pride in their existence. She already saw Matt’s figure standing a few feet away, with his back facing her. She ran little steps forward to him, her mouth opened, ready to call his name.



How fast her heart dropped and her entire posture froze to a shock when she saw a pair of arms wrapped slowly around Matt’s back was unbelievable even for herself. Those slender arms belonged to a girl who later Ryder saw her blonde hair swaying softly to the side, mimicking the rhythm of Matt’s head.

They were intertwined in a kiss, so deeply that both eyes were shut. Ryder didn’t know what to think. Her mind shattered to a blank canvas as reality slapped her like a bitch.
Slowly she backed off her steps, the ALL ACCESS pass fell from her hand to the floor. She turned away from the backstage and walked fast, slithering through the crowd of passers-by and audience.

Up to the point where she reached her bribed motorbike, her tears fell down like a waterfall. And she didn’t even realize it.

“Damn it, Ry. Get a hold of yourself.”

She wiped her tears in a hassle and started the engine. She just wanted to go home.

Notes

A/N: sorry for the late update. i've been inspirationless, busy, and many other lame excuses u can find. just sorry.

and sorry for what came out of it..i guess i'm slowing down like a grandma..haha *sigh*